Tag: #amreading

• The Prequel Debate

  A short preface. Finishing the Raven Cycle crushed me. I tried for about two days to get myself to read the next book on my reading shelf, and just could not bring myself to even open it to the first page. I didn’t think a reading slump was an actual, real thing but apparently it…

  Katie Bachelder

  October 9, 2020

  For Fun :)

  #amreading, books, Graceling Realm, Kristin Cashore, prequel, reading, Robert Jordan, Sarah J. Maas, series, Wheel of Time

• April Reading Reflections

  Fair warning: This week, we’re talking about Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone. I doubt there will be any spoiler-y stuff, but if you haven’t yet read it, proceed with caution. For some time now, I’ve been thinking about the incorporation of languages in fantasy novels. As I make my way through Children of…

  Katie Bachelder

  April 19, 2019

  Reading Reflections

  #amreading, Children of Blood and Bone, epic fantasy, Fantasy, fantasy languages, Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, Tomi Adeyemi, translation

• Welcome 2018!

  We all know what comes with the new year: the dreaded Resolutions, promises we make ourselves until we find how difficult they are to keep. A new favorite author of mine, Leigh Bardugo, suggested that we Begin As We Mean To Go On. That’s exactly what I did on January 1st. But, before getting into…

  Katie Bachelder

  January 3, 2018

  Uncategorized

  #amreading, #amwriting, ACOWAR, Dire Fate, Kendare Blake, Laini Taylor, Leigh Bardugo, Marissa Meyer, Sarah J. Maas, Six of Crows, Three Dark Crowns, Wires and Nerves